Ten years ago while living in Northern California, I participated as a volunteer for Super Bowl 50 (Broncos vs. Panthers). The San Francisco 49ers had moved to Santa Clara a couple years earlier for their home games, but the festivities and build-up to the game all took place in San ...
Sometimes seeing is not believing. As head coach Curt Cignetti transformed Indiana football into a national champion in plain sight over the last two seasons, the program’s less-than-illustrious history still raised recurring doubts regarding whether the optics were a mirage. Obscured by ...
This time of year is challenging for me. As football wraps up, I realize that I am sad. Football has been a part of my family since I could crawl. My dad played at at Penn, my brother played, and if he was not such a knucklehead, he could have played Division I college football. While I was ...
My trip to Pittsburgh for the Steelers’ first home playoff game in eight years was quite eventful. In order to go to the game on Monday night, I flew from West Palm Beach to Washington D.C. because there are limited flights to Pittsburgh, rented a car, was almost arrested in D.C. for a ...
It was a headline that I had to read twice: An NBA draft pick deciding to walk away and play college ball instead. Being an NBA draft pick wasn’t enough for James Nnaji. In a plot twist worthy of a Netflix sports series, Nnaji, a 7‑foot Nigerian center, was drafted 31st in 2023, traded ...
It won’t be too long before a whole lot of Pittsburgh Pirates equipment will be loaded onto a groaning truck and begin its 1,067-mile trip to Pirate City in Bradenton. The yearly phrase, “Pitchers (naturally with a focus on sensation Paul Skenes) and catchers report,” follows as does (eventually) pleasant weather back up in Pittsburgh. Until then, action is limited for fans to the good old, but imaginary, Hot Stove League. There, the activity consists of shooting the baseball breeze. Today’s topic Is trivia with all of the questions plucked from my upcoming Skyhorse ...
